“As a rule, Latin American States are weak” (Dawson, p. 323). This sentence is the hook of the chapter.  Ch. 10 continues the terrors that happened in Latin America.

One of the things emphasized in this chapter is the movement of  las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo. Women, particularly mothers, were looking for their children. During the dirty wars in Argentina, many people disappeared because they were taken by the military. The disappearance of these people led to Mothers protesting and demanding the government to give back their children. Most of the women involved were working class. Initially, the government was fine with the Madres movement, however they eventually thought the women would be a threat to their country which led the soldiers to capturing and/or killing them.

Other events brought up in this chapter was the Human Rights groups and drug traffickers.  Overall, this chapter further elaborated on more violence in Latin America during the 1970s-1980s, what caused these conflicting events to happen, etc. Just like the previous chapter, I’m somewhat overwhelmed from hearing all these events. During the lecture, they said that until today the movement of las Madres is still an issue today.